Name of religion
Branches of it
Area where it started
Key people in it
Tenets
Regions of the world where it is found
Christianity
  • Eastern Orthodoxy
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Protestantism
    • Lutheranism
    • Anglicanism
    • Calvinism
Mediterranean Coast of Middle East
Present day: Israel and Palestine
Jesus Christ
St. Peter
St. John
St. James
St. Andrew
St. Thomas
St. Matthew
St. Phillip
St. James the Less
St. Bartholomew
St. Simon
St. Jude
St. Matthias

Martin Luther
John Calvin
Jesus was born from Virgin Mary.

Jesus Christ will guide the people.

Christ was a teacher, healer and a baptized.

Existence of heaven and hell.

Only one god exists.

Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Predominant in most regions of the world except for the middle east.

East Asia:
  • Korea
  • Philippines

Name of religion
Branches of it
Area where it started
Key people in it
Tenets
Regions of the world where it is found
Islam

Middle East
Holy city of Mecca - Birth place of Muhammad
Muhammad
No one can produce image of Muhammad.

There is one god, Allah, and prophet Muhammad was his messenger.

Islam means "submission to god".

  • Five Pillars
    • Zakah - Giving to Charity
    • Fasting - Holy month of Ramadan
    • Shahadah - Declaration of faith
    • Salah - Prayer
    • Hajj - Pilgrimmage to Mecca
Hallal - No pork, and killing animal done by a holy butcher cutting the throat. Islamic equivalent to Koshal of Jews which includes similar principles of no pork, and no meat and cheese together.
Main religion in the middle east.


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